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Friday, July 11, 2008

This is a part of the conversation that inspired me to create this blog.

January 28th, 2008CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: I'm totally gonna start buying animeCatchFiveBats: Oh?CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: YeahCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: first to build my collectionCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: and secondly to support the industry, cause it's doing poorly.CatchFiveBats: Yeah.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Subs were good for it up to a point, but they are well past that point nowCatchFiveBats: What?CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: fansubs, I meanCatchFiveBats: mmmCatchFiveBats: I think fansubbing is actually a pretty good way to get into real subbing, or dubbing.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Oh totally. I don't dispute that at allCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: but it's a double edge.CatchFiveBats: I suppose.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: You would probably still buy an anime for collections cause that's you.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: But I know I wouldn't.CatchFiveBats: I would honestly rather leave it to the fans.CatchFiveBats: Fansubs are plenty good, and it keeps corporations out of it.CatchFiveBats: Which is always, ALWAYS good.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: I dunno. I'm cool with making money off of something you love.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: I don't wanna make games so I can die poor XDCatchFiveBats: I'm not talking about games, persay.CatchFiveBats: That's an industry that couldn't stand without the support of big corporations.CatchFiveBats: Not in its current state, anyway.CatchFiveBats: But anime subbing and distribution could easily be done online, by the fans.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Yeah.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: But I've also come to love dubsCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: That's just me, though.CatchFiveBats: Fuck that.CatchFiveBats: No offense.CatchFiveBats: But...fuck dubs.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: None takenCatchFiveBats: I know I'm horribly biased, and that subs don't work for everyone, but fuck dubs anyway.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Yeah, I knowCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: But for me, fuck screen cluttering.CatchFiveBats: I don't think that's a problem.CatchFiveBats: At all.CatchFiveBats: But that's just me.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: It's not a HUGE problem for me either, but I can't say I like seeing the translated sub say "you must have great nakama, Ichigo." and then at the top of the screen say "* nakama = good friend"CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: That has ALWAYS bothered meCatchFiveBats: Yeah, that's a stupid translation choice.CatchFiveBats: They could have easily translated that.CatchFiveBats: But some terms are so commonly used that it pretty much makes sense to just stick it in there and show the meaning up top.CatchFiveBats: Then, in other subs, when you see the word...you'll know what it means.CatchFiveBats: And you won't have to worry about the definition.CatchFiveBats: I rarely have to look to read the stuff up top anymore, and it's not because I'm taking Japanese.CatchFiveBats: The only time I ever read it is when it's explaining a pun or a pop-culture joke.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: if it's a pun or a pop culture joke, it's even worse.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: I hate a joke explained.CatchFiveBats: Well, then what do you do?CatchFiveBats: Just leave the joke out of the dialogue?CatchFiveBats: That doesn't work.CatchFiveBats: As a translator, it gets rid of a lot of headaches if you just explain the joke and leave it to the watcher to decide whether they want to know or not.CatchFiveBats: Since it rarely has anything to do with the story.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Yeah. But because it rarely has anything to do with the story, then it's also just as easily expendable. Not when there's visuals involved.CatchFiveBats: I can see what you're saying, but it's not as big of a hindrance as you make it out to be.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Nah, it really never is.CatchFiveBats: If I start to read the explanation and I don't really care, I leave it.CatchFiveBats: Like I've said before, the people who are downloading fansubbed anime should probably know what most of those terms mean anyway.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Yeah, but anime is no longer the hardcore hobby it used to be.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Now, my brother watches GTO.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: my sister watches HaruhiCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: and my mom and dad watch Eva.CatchFiveBats: Well, then those people can watch dubbed anime.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Yeah, that's why I say they're necessary.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Because they make it accessible for those that want it that way.CatchFiveBats: That's fine, I can understand that.CatchFiveBats: But for the people who are really into anime, subs are the way to go.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Yeah.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Those that are really into the nitty gritty, definitely subs.CatchFiveBats: Anyone that can handle subs, should do subs.CatchFiveBats: All the kids at anime conventions who go there to get autographs from their favorite English voice actors should be doing subs.CatchFiveBats: That's the problem I have with it.CatchFiveBats: It gives the wannabe hardcore fans a cop-out.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: whaddyamean?CatchFiveBats: Dubs are easy.CatchFiveBats: If you're gonna be living a hobby, you should probably not be going the route that's designed for casual fans.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: All the way or not at all you say.CatchFiveBats: Yes.CatchFiveBats: Which is how I have always operated.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: So essentially, you want the kids at anime cons to do it YOUR way.CatchFiveBats: Perhaps...but I genuinely think it's the best route if you're really gonna be into the stuff.CatchFiveBats: The whole dubs vs subs thing is why we have all these naruto kids.CatchFiveBats: It's too easy to be labeled as an otaku now.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: It's a cool thing here.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Although....CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: ...I dunno if I wanna be so ostracized anymore XDCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: I know I did when I was youngerCatchFiveBats: I like being ostracized.CatchFiveBats: Ostracize away.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: Eh, I don't enjoy it. I don't care, but I don't enjoy it enough to deal with it all the time. I'd rather otaku was seen as a "not that bad" thing here than being a pariah like it is in Japan.CatchFiveBats: I think the choice between your interests and fitting into society is what makes or breaks a true fan of something.CatchFiveBats: But I'm crazy.CatchFiveBats: And OCD.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: yeah XDCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: I'm just notCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: well, maybe I am crazyCantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: but definitely not that OCDCatchFiveBats: Regardless, everything I say, even if it sounds like I want everyone to do it that way, is just the way I do it because I feel that's the right way.CatchFiveBats: If everyone else did it like I did, I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing.CatchFiveBats: I'd be doing something else.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: It'd be a bore to be the same thing everyone else is.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: That's definitely true.CatchFiveBats: mhmmCatchFiveBats: But I really do feel passionately about this stuff.CatchFiveBats: So, despite all the points I've been making...let the naruto kids have their dubs, and make anime popular and everything else.CatchFiveBats: I've found a hobby that would require a near restructuring of society to become popular over here.CatchFiveBats: So, I'm good.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: No SHIT.CantSpellShotaWithoutHOT: XD

Of the stuff listed here, my favorite would probably have to be Airi's new photobook. Undoubtedly her best work in the eyecandy department, and I'd even go as far as to say that it's one of the best H!P Kids photobooks yet. I haven't had the chance to watch the Green Live VCD, which I got from Ray, but he said it's extremely good, so I need to get around to that. Aside from those two, there's nothing that really stands out, unless you count the Chokkan 2 LE, which still has the collector cards in it. Pretty cool, since it was used (yay Ray!).

Anyway, on to the next month. At this rate, my blog may just become a place for me to post my purchases. T-T- cfb